A ghost is the soul of a once-living creature, bound to
haunt a specific location, creature, or object that held
significance to it in its life.
Unfinished Business. A ghost yearns to complete
some unresolved task from its life. It might seek to
avenge its own death, fulfill an oath, or relay a message
to a loved one. A ghost might not realize that it has died
and continue the everyday routine of its life. Others
are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that
refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or
organization is dead.
The surest way to rid an area of a ghost is to resolve
its unfinished business. A ghost can be destroyed more
easily by invoking a weakness tied to its former life.
The ghost of a person tortured to death might be killed
again by the implements of that torture. The ghost of a
gardener might become more vulnerable when exposed
to a potent floral fragrance.
Ghostly Manifestations. Sensations of profound
sadness, loneliness, and unfulfilled yearning emanate
from places where ghostly hauntings occur. Strange
sounds or unnatural silences create an unsettling
atmosphere. Cold spots settle in rooms that have
roaring fires. A choking stench might seep into the area,
inanimate objects might move of their own accord, and
corpses might rise from the grave. The ghost has no
control over these manifestations; they simply occur.
Undead Nature. A ghost doesn't require air, food,
drink, or sleep.
GHOST
Medium undead, any alignmentArmor Class 11
Hit Points 45 (10d8)
Speed 0 ft., fly 40ft.
STR
7 (-2)DEX
13 (+1)CON
10 (+0)INT
10 (+0)WIS
12 (+1)CHA
17 (+3)Damage Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing from non magical weapons
Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened,
grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained
Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 11
Languages any languages it knew in life
Challenge 4 (1 ,100 XP)
Ethereal Sight. The ghost can see 60 feet into the Ethereal
Plane when it is on the Material Plane, and vice versa.
Incorporeal Movement. The ghost can move through other
creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5
(1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
ACTIONS
Withering Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) necrotic damage.
Etherealness. The ghost enters the Ethereal Plane from the
Material Plane, or vice versa. It is visible on the Material Planewhile it is in the Border Ethereal, and viae versa, yet it can't
affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Horrifying Visage. Each non-undead creature within 60 feet
of the ghost that can see it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom
saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. If the save fails by
5 or more, the target also ages 1d4 x 10 years. A frightened
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
turns, ending the frightened condition on itself on a success.
If a target's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it,
the target is immune to this ghost's Horrifying Visage for the
next 24 hours. The aging effect can be reversed with a greater
restoration spell, but only within 24 hours of it occurring.Possession (Recharge 6). One humanoid that the ghost can see
within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving
throw or be possessed by the ghost; the ghost then disappears,
and the target is incapacitated and loses control of its body.
The ghost now controls the body but doesn't deprive the target
of awareness. The ghost can't be targeted by any attack, spell,
or other effect, except ones that turn undead, and it retains its
alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, and immunity to
being charmed and frightened. It otherwise uses the possessed
target's statistics, but doesn't gain access to the target's
knowledge, class features, or proficiencies.
The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points,
the ghost ends it as a bonus action, or the ghost is turned or
forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When
the possession ends, the ghost reappears in an unoccupied
space within 5 feet of the body. The target is immune to this
ghost's Possession for 24 hours after succeeding on the saving
throw or after the possession ends.